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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Taliban militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades battled their way into a prison in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, freeing close to 400 prisoners, including at least 20 described by police as "very dangerous" insurgents, authorities and the militants said....

ABOARD MS BALMORAL (AP) -- With prayers, a hymn and a moment of silence broken by a ship's deep whistle, passengers and crew on a memorial trip marked 100 years to the moment since the Titanic sent more than 1,500 people to a watery grave....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says Iran got a "gift" from the world's big powers at nuclear talks this weekend....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two Iraqi election officials facing corruption charges said Sunday they have been released on bail after a three-day detention that they said was designed to pressure the independent electoral body....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- Could this weekend's gathering of about 30 Western Hemisphere leaders be the last Summit of the Americas?...

MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian politician on hunger-strike to protest alleged fraud in a recent mayoral race says he may take up an offer to travel to Moscow to review evidence of vote-rigging, but only if doctors rule him fit enough....

MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- A prominent Belarusian opposition activist was released Sunday in a move that followed crippling sanctions introduced by the West in response to a crackdown on dissent by the country's authoritarian president...

MADRID (AP) -- Spain's 74-year-old king came under scathing criticism Sunday for going on an expensive elephant hunting trip in Botswana amid the nation's deep financial woes....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing to place top priority on his impoverished nation's military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time Sunday, vowing before cheering troops and bouquet-waving citizens to place top priority on his impoverished nation's military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile....

CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's condition has deteriorated so much that doctors at the Cairo prison where he is serving a life sentence had to constantly administer oxygen to him overnight, security officials said Thursday....

MADRID (AP) -- Euphoria over a lifeline of up to (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) to rescue Spain's hurting banks morphed into a financial markets rout in a matter of hours Monday, as investors digested the still-undefined plan and became concerned the country may be unable to repay the new loans....

ABOARD MS BALMORAL (AP) -- Cruise ship passengers and crew said prayers Sunday at the spot in the North Atlantic where the Titanic sank 100 years ago with the loss of more than 1,500 lives....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- President Barack Obama might be noticing a familiar pattern. Whether it's allegations of Secret Service personnel consorting with prostitutes, candid moments caught live on microphones or launching bombs over Libya, his foreign trips seem to get overshadowed by distractions....

BANGKOK (AP) -- Exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra celebrated Thailand's most important holiday in neighboring Cambodia this weekend, telling thousands of fervent supporters who crossed the border to meet him that he intends to return home soon on his own terms....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has spoken publicly for the first time at a massive celebration marking the 100th birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrians fled a new round of government shelling Thursday in the area where more than 100 people were massacred last week, activists said, as the U.N. chief pleaded with the regime to stop its attacks....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President Barack Obama had to offer regret for the mess overshadowing his diplomatic mission to Latin America....

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Soldiers on Saturday arrested protesters demanding the release of Guinea-Bissau's leading candidate in elections halted by mutinous troops, who claimed he was trying to assassinate top military leaders of this coup-prone West African nation....

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Soldiers on Saturday arrested protesters demanding the release of Guinea-Bissau's leading candidate in elections halted by mutinous troops, who claimed he had tried to assassinate top military leaders of this coup-prone West African nation....